Michigan
ITA All-American Qualifying
Mahtani, Sugiyama Fall at ITA All-American Championships
10/1/2008 12:00:00 AM | Women's Tennis
Site: Pacific Palisades, Calif. (Riviera Tennis Club)
Event: Riviera/ITA All-American Championships
Scoring: No Team Scoring
Next U-M Event: Friday, Oct. 3 -- San Diego State Fall Classic (San Diego, Calif.)
PACIFIC PALISADES, Calif. -- Senior Chisako Sugiyama (Parsippany, N.J./The Montclair Kimberley Academy) and junior Tania Mahtani (Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif./Palos Verdes Peninsula HS) of the University of Michigan women's tennis team concluded competition at the Riviera/ITA All-American Championships on Wednesday (Oct. 1). The pair dropped an 8-6 decision in its second-round doubles qualifying match to UCLA's Ashley Joelson and Yasmin Schnack.
Sugiyama and Mahtani will now join their teammates in San Diego, Calif., for the San Diego State Fall Classic, to be held Friday through Sunday (Oct. 3-5). The tournament is set to begin Friday morning at 9 a.m. PST with doubles action.
Following are Michigan's match-by-match results:
SINGLES
Chisako Sugiyama
Qualifying First Round -- l. Alex Haney (Auburn), 6-4, 1-6, 6-3
Qualifying Consolation Round -- l. Alejandra Guerra (UNC Greensboro), 6-3, 1-6, 6-2
Finished with a 0-2 record
DOUBLES
Tania Mahtani/Chisako Sugiyama
Qualifying First Round -- d. Cameron Ellis/Naoko Ueshima (Georgia), 8-6
Qualifying Second Round -- l. Ashley Joelson/Yasmin Schnack (UCLA), 8-6
Finished with a 1-1 record
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